Anna Margaret (Schutt) HUISINGA

SCHUTT, HUISINGA, HEIDEN, UBBEN, BRANDT

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/7/2007 at 11:36:26

February 24, 2004

Anna Margaret Huisinga, 77, of Clarion, died on Thursday, February 12, 2004, at the Wright Medical Center in Clarion. Funeral services were held on Monday, February 16, at the First Lutheran Church in Clarion, with Pastor Gary Boen officiating. Burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery in Clarion.

Anna Margaret Schutt, was born south of Clarion on July 31, 1926, to Henry and Mabel (Heiden) Schutt. She attended rural school in Williams and the Williams High School for the first two years. In 1944, Anna graduated from the Clarion High School, first in her class. She attended Wartburg College in Waverly and Ellsworth Junior College in Iowa Falls. She later received her Masters Degree from Drake University. She taught country school in Hardin and Hamilton counties for several years and first grade at Hilltop in Webster City for three years. Anna taught first grade and learning disabilities in Clarion for many years. Anna will be remembered for her love of children, her teaching and the special ability she had to teach children how to read. After Anna retired from teaching in 1989, she occasionally did private tutoring. Anna married Henry Huisinga of Kamrar on June 30, 1954. They had one son. Anna enjoyed her grandchildren, Kaitlyn, Kelly and Sam. Her hobby was baking for them and for the farmer's market in several towns.

Anna was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, John Schutt of Blairsburg and William Schutt of Alden. Survivors include her husband; son, Henry J. (Nancy) Huisinga; grandchildren, Sam Kaitlyn and Kelly all of Clarion; brothers, Fred (Mary) Schutt and Tom (Pam) Schutt all of Williams; sisters, Marilyn Ubben of Williams and Sharon (Ronald) Brandt of Ackley.

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